Nitin Gadkari is probably the only BJP leader at present who is equally popular with opposition parties; a long list of his friends in opposition parties being a proof of that. So whenever the Modi government is on the target of the ‘frenemies’, Gadkari comes to the rescue.
In fact, even the Sangh uses Gadkari as their messenger whenever they have any message or signal to pass on to the Modi government.
Nowadays, speculations are rife that if BJP loses its seats and falls short of the magic number (majority) with a huge gap, then Gadkari may emerge as the suitable face to spearhead the NDA.
However, an other contender in the PM race is Rajnath Singh. Gadkari and his well-wishers are aware that the Modi-Shah duo may put forth Rajnath’s name when if Gadkari’s comes up. And so, Gadkari too has dropped hints for the Sangh that he will be more than willing to be the BJP president than being the PM.
But then Modi-Shah’s first choice for president is JP Nadda. If the Sangh does not agree on Nadda then they have next lined up Sumitra Mahajan. In any case, Kailash Vijayvargiya is leaving no stones unturned to contest from Sumitra Mahajan’s Indore seat.